animar, verb: to encourage When you want to encourage someone to do something, you express the idea in Spanish with the verb animar. You can follow it with the infinitive: Me animan a seguir. They’re encouraging me to carry on. Or you can use it with the subjunctive, in which case you use a que after it. Me animan a que siga. They’re encouraging me to carry on. If you use it in the form animarse followed by a and the full verb, it conveys the idea of ‘being brave enough to do something’. How you translate it depends on the context. Quiero irme, pero no me animo a decirlo. I want to leave, but I can’t bring myself to say so. Nadie se anima a dar su opinión. Nobody dares to say what they think. Content By © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2006.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 07:50:08 +0000
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